I love music- especially the nuts and bolts of making live music. I
love Left-ish and Sciencey '-isms': Humanism, Feminism, Naturalism,
Progressivism. I love languages and NASA and things narrated by
David Attenborough. It would be fair to say I'm a design and
typography geek- I grew up around printers and designers, so it's
in my blood. I have a 10-year-strong nerdcrush on Neil DeGrasse
Tyson and the new Cosmos series gave me the biggest science boner
since I first saw the original. Haters need not apply.

I love Halloween. I get annoyed when Christmas tries to barge in
like it belongs in October. It doesn't- it belongs about two weeks
into December. Thanksgiving would be happy enough with a couple
weeks to itself, too. Baby Jesus needs to stop being so greedy and
learn to share.

Poly-friendly, sex positive, INTJ. I've become a lot more confident
and comfortable in my own skin in the last few years; I don't know
the MBTI inside-out, but I don't think that it's a surprise that
I've shifted from slightly-P to somewhat-J during this span. I feel
like I'm finally getting the hang of adulting and I'm really
starting to hit my stride. Introverts are still my people, though,
and I tend to get along best with folks otherwise within a degree
or two of me.

I work in a research library and I think I finally got over a
lurking mania with grad school. I'm much happier with less formal,
but much more practical learning. You're doing it? Great! I don't
have the patience for long-winded professorial ego anymore.

That said, I enjoy skill-collecting- my garden did pretty well this
summer; home ownership implies a lot of fun with caulk and furnace
maintenance; I'm adding some web components to what I know about
graphics and publishing so I can stay relevant in my field.
Jack-of-all-trades, master of none / but oftentimes better than
master of one. If RPG terms are your thing, I have seriously
multi-classed.

I'm thoroughly enjoying the local breweries- I'd evidently had the
wrong opinion of wheat beer for a decade or so. I'm incredibly
disappointed that I've been in A2/Ypsi for six years and still
can't even find a halfway-decent margarita pitcher. This town
should be ashamed. Ashamed! Sangria is nice, but just doesn't cut
it, kids.

If I can walk or bike to wherever I'm going, I'm generally happier
once I get there.

I listen like your best friend over a pint at the pub. I can mic
your vintage-but-shitty amp. I more or less figured out Cyrillic
script to make my job easier. I grew up playing with the things
that became the Adobe Creative Suite so I'm pretty handy pushing
pixels. And I say that like I didn't grow up in the family print
shop, design ads for car magazines, or do gig posters for rock
shows. Where's the crossover point between modesty and
self-deprecation? I'm good at missing that too.

I'm fairly well equipped for camping, and if it's even reasonable
weather, I'm liable to pack it up and head out. Reequipping over
the winter for backpacking this spring. It's gotta stay above 40 at
night though, unless I find someone to share body heat with.

History, Classics, Science, and Science Fiction figure heavily on
my shelf- Sagan, Vonnegut, Pratchett, Herbert and Tolkien. I grew
up on the cynicism and misanthropy of Calvin and Hobbes; more than
two decades later, my sense of wonder is as strong as ever and my
faith in humanity is, I suppose, somewhat Hobbesian. My shelves are
conspicuously full of things written by white men, so any
suggestions to broaden that which might suit my genre tastes are
welcome. Gotta start somewhere, right?

Musical standbys include Yo La Tengo, Lou Barlow, Pinback and
GY!BE; throw on The Stooges, The Flaming Lips, or Built to Spill
any time. Moving toward Tycho and Fila Brazilia lately. Auto-Tuning
hurts me in my heart-place. If you're not functionally deaf for a
few hours after a Dinosaur Jr. show, you're doing it wrong. If you
can't hear the ice melting in your bourbon over Billie Holiday,
you're doing it wrong.

Kids in the Hall, BSG, Venture Bros., Robot Chicken, Game of
Thrones, and Rick & Morty. The first two seasons of The Tudors
were impressive. John Oliver is onto something fantastic with Last
Week Tonight. I geek out on Formula 1, but I won't inflict it on
you beyond recommending that you see the Senna documentary. I don't
miss daily TV; with the net, we've been living in some version of
the future they promised in my childhood for a while now and it's
awesome.

Kevin Smith movies are always good for a laugh and toe-dabbling
intellectualism. Ed Wood films and other so-bad-they're-good
B-movies are LOTS of fun. Any documentary gets a chance, but summer
blockbusters generally do not. Thrillers are okay, but with the
notable exception of zombie flicks, gore is a non-starter.
Obviously, Thriller itself is golden.

I love cooking, and usually cook for an army that never shows up,
leaving me with a week's worth of lunch. I usually only eat meat
when I'm out and about. But I make recognizably-Midwestern chili
and decent Thai, Indian and Mexican food. I am willing to go to
some lengths for good coffee, cheeses and chorizo.

Things from obscure corners of museums and libraries lurk in my
semi-conscious- like feathered dinosaurs and 150-year-old
pornographic daguerrotypes in special curated collections. Me and
the 'Random Article' button on the Wiki have spent some slow
workday afternoons together. I'd like to know why my Indian and
Thai food are reliably tasty, but (with the exception of butter
chicken) never quite look like what you get at a
restaurant.

It's crossed my mind that, with all the time my cat spends on my
lap, if you mix in a meddlesome teenager and her dog, I'm really
only a spiked gauntlet and a raspy voice away from Dr. Claw. Except
for the whole 'running an organized crime syndicate' thing.

doing *something*. Out with friends, on a date, gaming, making
dinner at home, or on the couch with a book. Boredom is a thing of
the past- I lost track of the last time I stopped to ask myself
'what am I going to do tonight'. Lately, it's been pub trivia and
that's all kinds of fun.

Almost everything I know about football comes from my time as a
callow youth playing Tecmo Super Bowl on the NES, which covers, I
think, the 1991 season. For anything beyond that, I wish you well
on your sportsball-watching endeavours.

• You think an MST3K marathon is a good idea for a snow day.
• You think playing in the snow is a good idea for a snow
day.
• There's a new beer on tap, 'cause I wanna try it too.
• You enjoy oddball film, and enjoy enjoying it with a
friend.
• You're a radiologist; I can't explain it but I've always gotten
along really well with radiologists. Go figure.
• You've gotten this far and are open to a medium-to-long-term
something. Flings are fun, for sure, but my life is really coming
together and my greater aim is for someone to share that with.